As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a read more

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly
do."
N.B. This quotation is a paraphrase of a much older quote by Aristotle, which see.

EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much
as you can. GIVE as read more

EARN as much as you can. SAVE as much as you can. INVEST as much
as you can. GIVE as much as you can.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times read more

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.

In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and
humanity.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and
humanity.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially
if one is to survive in the world. It read more

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially
if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.